Once upon a time in an Australian People Analytics and Planning Consultancy, a CEO said “If you can afford to advertise and pray, then don’t bother with strategic workforce planning”. That CEO was Peter Howes, of Infohrm. While amusing at the time, it’s a poignant thought today. I am often reminded of the sentiment, as I speak with HR and business leaders about their own workforce planning efforts.
Read MoreThe first North America Insight222 Peer Meeting of 2024, hosted by Colgate Palmolive, unfolded in the vibrant city of New York. It brought together people analytics professionals and industry experts for two days of insightful discussions, collaborative learning, and strategic networking.
Read MoreTwo of the key findings from the Insight222 People Analytics Trends Report for 2023 are: influence, developing relationships with C-suite and senior stakeholders is essential to deliver on key business priorities and value, measuring and delivering value, from people analytics efforts, is key for the impact of the function. Given the importance of these two topics for the field of people analytics, Influence and Value were the key themes for the Insight222 Peer Meeting in London.
Read MoreInsight222’s People Analytics Trends study for 2023 finds that people analytics continues to grow despite a challenging global economy. Our research has substantially increased in size over the years, and this year is no exception. Over 270 companies provided data for this study.
Read MoreDeveloping relationships with C-suite and senior stakeholders is essential for people analytics teams to deliver on key business priorities. This is one of the key findings in Insight222's People Analytics Trends Report for 2023, Investing to Deliver Value: A New Model for People Analytics. Over the last four years, strategic business topics have become defined by global people events. This has accelerated the need for chief human resources officers (CHROs) to have more insights at their fingertips to advise their C-suite colleagues and board of directors to make the right decisions about people.
Read MorePeople analytics work that leads to a clear return on investment excites senior business leaders. It also provides the climate to elevate the function and create more investment. Leading Companies in people analytics measure the financial impact of the team's solutions. However, not every people analytics project is about financial return – people analytics creates impact and delivers value for business performance, workforce experiences, analytics culture and societal benefits. So, what do we mean by the 'value' of people analytics work? Why is it important? And why should we have metrics to measure the value of different people analytics projects?
Read MoreThe echoes of insightful conversations and transformative experiences still reverberate as I reflect on the recently concluded 6th Annual Insight222 Global Executive Retreat 2023. This exclusive annual Retreat is a crucible of ideas, collaboration, and insights for senior HR and people analytics leaders. This year was the first face-to-face Retreat that brought together European and North American leaders from member companies of the Insight222 People Analytics Program since COVID-19. The Retreat was set amongst the stunning scenery and rarefied air of the Rocky Mountains at The Devil's Thumb Ranch in Colorado. It was refreshing to see so many faces, both new and familiar.
Read MoreData literacy for HR professionals is defined as the ability to interpret insights from data and use them to inform decisions that create value in their everyday roles. This surpasses the technical skills needed to extract data from dashboards or generate worksheets for reporting purposes.
Read MoreA data-driven culture is essential for the people analytics function to deliver value at scale for their organisation. Only through a partnership with data-literate HR colleagues can the people analytics team ensure it is working on the most important business challenges and scale solutions across the enterprise.
Read MoreA data-driven culture is essential for the people analytics function to deliver value at scale for their organisation. Only through a partnership with data-literate HR colleagues can the people analytics team ensure it is working on the most important business challenges and scale solutions across the enterprise.
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